September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of early detection and intervention for newborns. Here, Dr. Joshua Baker, attending physician in genetics, genomics and ...

Early results from 4,000 babies show that genome sequencing picks up many more serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents. Early results from a study of ...

Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis and treatment, according to a new study. A baby's genome ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the range of conditions that can be identified at birth. Next-generation ...

Each year in Alabama, approximately 200 babies are identified with a condition detected through newborn screening.

Your baby’s newborn screening may include testing for certain galactosemia disorders. These rare health conditions affect how a body breaks down galactose, a sugar found in all foods that contain milk ...

“I think you always believe it’s never going to happen to me.” That is how one parent described learning that their newborn baby had been identified as being at possible risk of a rare genetic ...

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...

A mother's concern over her newborn's maple syrup-like smell helped doctors diagnose Maple Syrup Urine Disease, a rare ...

Discover why Alabama's newborn screening program is crucial for detecting hidden health issues in infants early on, ...